Tuesday, June 30, 2009

balance and the good luck to be heading onward and upward from the discoveries of Moshe Feldenkrais



What if "balance" were to be seen
as what it is,
somewhat of a non-existent
approximation of
not falling over.

Then, would not Judo,
or physics,
or the study of infants learning to sit up,
or even raise their heads,
perhaps be useful to this
action of
not falling over.

Hmm.
We seem to have lucked into a "system"
developed be a man
who excelled in Judo,
was a physicist/ engineer,
and had a profound interest in how
babies move bodies into new
phases of learning.

What a pleasant state of affairs.

And then there is "learning,"
as in gifting another person
with a one sided lesson,
so they are "out of balance"
and get to rise to higher level
of organization.

In their somewhere,
the brain,
what Moshe called the most precious
material in the universe.

Good.
Good.
Good.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

beyond solstice


the ex-, of name Marlie, and her grand new sweetie, of name Ramaia
good for them
good for Marlie and I
good for life

yes



I'm in California now
eating lots of pigweed
loving almost everyone


learning to touch
teach movement learning
and expansion
and life become more full
and pain going away
and limitations
being surmounted
better
and
better
and
better

moving myself in
fine
and aware
and learning ways

enjoying the days
enjoying the nights
up around 4
not enough
sleep

so what

and

and discovering
how happy I
was to see find
delight in meeting again
the sweet ex
ms Marlie
with her new sweetie
at the farmer's market

so happy for them
to be suited for
and happy with each other

so happy for marlie and i
for having had
our sweet ups and downs,
mainly ups,
for the eight years,

so happy for the future of
relating to many people
in the
present

in the present

in the sweet
and amazing
present

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Friday, June 19, 2009

the porpoise of life


to wake up
to be happy
to be of use
to others
to the Earth
to the evolution of the species
to a sane and useful
place

Thursday, June 11, 2009

ever morning, more chances to love


morning tai chi spot



to love
ah the question:
to love what?

why not just
about everything

and be amused with the rest

and some things
might need
some upgrading

we
could
love
the learning
mistakes
discoveries
of how that goes about

oh well,
good

Thursday, June 04, 2009

love change awakening


Isabella with tulip petals and a good sense of play


love change awakening
these are all around us
in every moment

sometimes we just
rush
on by

sometimes we slow down
and let it all in

and sometimes,
even appearing to move fast
on the outside
we get very
slow
and clear
inside

good

Monday, June 01, 2009

this moment


"buddha barn"
on Orcas Island
(workshop there coming up this weekend,
see Orcas Island Workshop)

this moment
is
all there is

even
if
I'm hungry

and I've committed
myself
to getting a certain
section of writing
done
before
I eat

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